On the fall of "Firewall": the myth of American-style middle-class men

Theo 2021-12-23 08:01:41

Mr. Gu Long has long told us: The most dangerous place is the safest place. Reverse: The safest place is the most dangerous place. Analogy: The safest person is the most dangerous person. Some people didn't listen, so the firewall became a wall of arson. Harrison Ford, who was originally protecting the bank, started to set fire in the bank because the gangster Paul Bettney hijacked his family.

1. Harrison Ford
's skin is obviously flabby. Although there is still a taste of an old man, it is really only a little bit. Maybe Americans are all so clumsy. When he shrugged his shoulders and ran across the street awkwardly in heavy rain, it really made people worry that he was knocked over by passing cars, or that he would knock over them. When he climbed down from the roof of the building to the balcony, it was really worrying. He would slip off the wet railings and fell sloppyly. He really fell, but fortunately he fell on the balcony. When he crouched behind the grass watching his daughter was chased and killed, he hurriedly got up and went to rescue him. As a result, he fell on his back first. Yes, when the elderly crouched for a long time, don’t get up too hard. The blood in the department will quickly flow back to the legs, which can easily cause fainting... When he and Paul Bettney were in the final battle, the two stupid bears who broke into the china shop fought like a house.
Of course, although Paul Betteney is as calm, cold-blooded and wise as all bad guys, but like all ordinary bad guys, his eyes are blind, and he is proud of dying under the hands of good people. He is about to use Harrison Ford. When his tie strangled him to death, he never noticed Harrison Ford's pick in front of him. It stands to reason that Harrison Ford should be rolling his eyes at that time.
Harrison Ford's eyes are often confused and anxious, but his actions are calm and effective. This contrast is very interesting. It makes him seem to be mixed with a little human impurity, rather than a pure god.

2. American-style middle-class heroes and male chauvinism
Is it true that middle-class middle-aged men in the United States have three things: wives, daughters, and sons, just like yachts, cars, and dogs. In the morning they went to work in suits and shoes, kissed their wife’s face and said they loved her, and quickly reminded the children who were eating breakfast that they were about to be late for class, and he never had breakfast, kissed his wife goodbye at the door, and drove to the company in a spacious car. , Quickly walked through the staff’s workplace, slightly nodded to the subordinates who greeted him, and made a decent humorous sentence or two. As soon as he walked into the office and sat down on a leather chair above his head, the secretary followed up and told him today Intensive work arrangements...
Under normal circumstances, they are the social elites and the mainstay of the family; under extraordinary circumstances, they immediately become counter-strike elites. The role change is quick and convenient, just like you play CS. At the same time, under normal circumstances, the task left to the wife is to bake bread and vent her nerves; in exceptional circumstances, the wife’s task is a little heavier: she needs to keep screaming and screaming, and finally drags down a disease that has been extremely frightened. The body and the husband embrace each other affectionately... As for the daughters and sons, they only need to hide like puppies and kittens, and don't forget to open their panic eyes.
Action movies like "The Great Firewall" also fully conform to the family stereotypes of American movies. It seems that Americans love my family more than Chinese in movies. And if this family doesn't have that capable middle-aged man, it will fall apart.

2. Still: bad guys die quickly, good guys live forever.
When watching the film, I really hope that the good Harrison Ford family will be defeated. There are four or five gangsters, rich and powerful, both civil and military, who have been carefully planned to break in. It depends on how you are a bad old man to single out a group of them. As a result, Paul Betteney shot two of his companions inexplicably, looking like a short circuit. Is this to show that he is cold-blooded, or the screenwriter and director have long wanted them to die. The culprit did little physical harm to Harrison Ford’s family, except for the butt on his head at the beginning, except for giving his son allergic food, but at that time, who would believe that Harrison Ford’s son would Where to die, sure enough, Paul Betteny smiled and took out the special medicine. Don’t be nervous, scare you, benevolent, they won’t hurt you. For example, if you hit you and break your leg, this kind of permanent and irreparable physical injury will never happen. If you suffer a little bit Injury, even if the wife and the young lady scratch a little skin while running, it will destroy the perfect image of your husband, your father, and our middle-aged middle-aged man.

——"Youth Weekend"

2006.4.16

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Firewall quotes

  • Andy Stanfield: [Beth, Sarah, and Andy are sitting on the bed with Rusty] Can I take his collar off?

    Beth Stanfield: No, honey. He needs that.

    Liam: [Liam walks in] Beth, come with me, please.

    Beth Stanfield: Where?

    Liam: Just downstairs.

    Sarah Stanfield: Mom

    [Sarah nods her head, no]

    Beth Stanfield: It's okay. I'll be right back.

    Liam: Now, Beth.

    Sarah Stanfield: Why do you hate us so much?

    Liam: I don't hate you, Sarah. I just don't care about you.

    [Liam leaves with Beth]

    Liam: I need you to make a call.

    Beth Stanfield: Why... why would I say this?

    Liam: Make him believe you.

    [Liam puts gun to Beth's head]

  • Janet Stone: What are you doing?

    Jack Stanfield: I'm gonna find my dog.